...Laura Obwona Achiro; Venancio Tauringana; Mohammad Alta'any Purpose Hospitals’ corporate governance (CG) mechanisms oversee critical operational issues and evaluate the outcomes. This paper investigates the impact of CG (i.e. board size, board independence, board expertise, board meetings, board...

...Renée M. Thompson; Philmore Alleyne; Wayne Charles-Soverall Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate governance (CG) issues among boards of directors (BODs) in Barbados’ state-owned enterprises (SOEs) by utilizing agency and institutional theories as the theoretical framework...

...Peter Daiser; Tamyko Ysa; Daniel Schmitt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to deliver further insights into empirical research on corporate governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) by systematizing existing knowledge, identifying current investigation backlogs, and deriving specific...

... of the legal framework like in the case of Dutch inter-municipal companies (based on the WGR-law), while in other cases and countries this practice is considered to be in violation of the principles of good corporate governance (see e.g. OECD guidelines on state-owned corporations). A similar discussion...

... value pluralism in the public sector. Design/methodology/approach – The paper offers a qualitative case concerning ongoing performance management reforms in the corporate governance of SOEs in Sweden, which is analyzed using theory on valuation and evaluation. Findings – It is found...

... presents. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews prior literature and outline’s the need to analyse challenges for corporate governance and accountability of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a precursor to introducing the contributions to this special issue. Findings – Corporate...

... Publishing Limited 2015 Corporate governance Innovation Globalization Social enterprise The discourse around social enterprise is increasingly gaining scholarly attention among researchers (e.g. Bull, 2008 ; Chell et al., 2010 ; Eversole et al., 2013). Current...

..., 2007). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Asia Public administration Performance (public administration) Administrative reform New public management Institutionalization Performance management Good governance Corruption Corporate governance After the 1997 Asian...

...Margaret Crawford; William Stein Local authorities in the UK have lagged behind other sectors in developing a sector‐wide approach to the risk management aspects of corporate governance. The governance framework published in 2001, however, goes further than the private sector combined code in its...